Dewey's Read-a-Thon: at the midway mark

Hour 12 Update

Reading Location: My hotel room in Arcata, California

Currently Reading: A Face Turned Backwards by Lauren Haney

Total Pages read so far: 309 pages

Total Time spent reading so far: 403 minutes

Other Readers I have visited: Noumena12

Mini-challenges completed: Introductory Questionnaire and E-Book Survey

Finished Books: 1: Shattered by Karen Robards

Comments: I'm reading slowly. It's the distraction of the TV which hubby is watching and feeling cozy such that I wind up dozing off from time to time. I'm going to quickly do the MidEvent Survey and then get back to reading.

Dewey's Read-a-Thon: Nearly Halfway There

Hour 11 Update

Reading Location: Well, for the past 7 hours, we've been up and down California 101 from Arcata to Klamath and back. Now well ensconced in our hotel in Arcata.

Currently Reading: A Face Turned Backward by Lauren Haney

Total Pages read so far: 296

Total Time spent reading so far: 354 min

Other Readers I have visited: Melissa, Azuki, and dancing-dog

Mini-challenges completed: Just the Introductory Questionnaire

Finished Books: 1, Shattered by Karen Robards

Comments: We got back to the hotel shortly after hour 11 began—15:04 to be exact. We left around 10am and drove north up California 101 to the Thomas H. Kuchel Visitor Center, just north of Orick. After checking in and picking up a brochure on the park, we got back in the car and decided to visit the Lady Bird Johnson Grove and then continued driving on Bald Hills Road to the Redwood Creek Overlook—a climb up to 2100 feet. After winding our way back down to sea level, we continued north, bearing off on the Newton B Drury Scenic Parkway to take a look at several sights in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. We took pictures at Elk Prairie and Big Tree, then decided to look for some lunch. We drove north to Klamath, but struck out there, so we headed back south and pulled in to a lovely diner/cafe in Orick. Just before arriving in Orick, I finished reading Shattered, so I tucked the paperback into my traveling bookcase and started reading A Face Turned Backward on my Kindle. Now that we've returned to the hotel, I'm checking up on a couple of friends who are also reading today, transferring the hand-written notes I took in the car into my computer, and now updating this blog. Looks like it will be right at the top of the hour when I start reading again.

Mobile Update

Now reading A Face Turned Backward by Lauren Haney. Reading during lunch - will have to try to keep the ketchup off my Kindle

Finished book #1 for Dewey's Read-a-Thon. Shattered by Karen Robards. I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Dewey's Read-a-Thon: after 4 hours

I'm dressed and fed and ready to get going with my day. I only read for about 30 minutes during the 4th hour due to dressing and getting my breakfast, getting back online to check the blogs of a few other readers and then preparing and posting this update to my own blog. Hubby just picked up 4 or 5 brochures for things to do in the area, so I may have to count *those* as part of my reading today! I also have some shopping to do once we locate a Target, Wal-Mart, or decent department store. Highest priority is to get more batteries for the flashlight so I can read from 10pm until 5am as I finish out the Read-a-Thon.

Hour 4 Update

Reading Location: Still at my hotel in Arcata, California

Currently Reading: Shattered by Karen Robards. Still enjoying it. Now at page 231.

Total Pages read so far: 127

Total Time spent reading so far: 153 minutes

Other Readers I have visited: Noumena12 and Rhiannon

Mini-challenges completed: 1 - Introductory Questionnaire

Finished Books: 0

Dewey's Read-a-Thon - 1/8th completed

All right! Three hours of the Read-a-Thon have gone by. My flashlight batteries ran out at 6:50, so I turned on the bedside lamp to continue reading. And, for some reason, that made it much easier to drift off to sleep, so I dozed for at least 20 minutes between 7 and 8am.

Hour 3 Update

Reading Location: My hotel in Arcata, California

Currently Reading: Shattered by Karen Robards

Total Pages read so far: 109 pages

Total Time spent reading so far: 123 minutes

Other Readers I have visited: None since my last check-in

Mini-challenges completed: Just the Introductory Questionnaire

Finished Books: 0

Comments: Yeah, I kept falling asleep somewhere in the middle of page 209. There's one paragraph on that page that I know I read at least 6 times. So now I'm posting, getting dressed, and going to find some breakfast. All of that should keep me awake and except for the few minutes it takes to get dressed, I'll spend the entire 4th hour with Dewey activities. Let's see how soon I can finish reading Shattered

Dewey's Read-a-Thon -- 1 hour in

Hour 1 Update

Reading Location:My hotel in Arcata, Ca

Currently Reading: Shattered by Karen Robards

Total Pages read so far: 68

Total Time spent reading so far: 60 minutes

Other Readers I have visited: Shaunesay, Azuki, and Michelle

Mini-challenges completed: None, but I'm about to do the Introduction

Finished Books: 0

Comments: So here's the Introductory Questionnaire:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?

I'm in California at the beginning of a road trip. We've got a hotel room in Arcata, from which we'll be visiting the Redwood National Forest later today.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?

I'm thoroughly enjoying this first book, Shattered which I started yesterday. The next high interest book is likely to be A Face Turned Backward by Lauren Haney.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?

Well, I'm planning on consuming lots of diet cokes during the day. Don't know that I'll be snacking much.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!

This is my 6th time to participate in the Read-a-Thon and even though we're on vacation, I had to make it a priority.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?

Well, since I got an earlier start due to being on the West Coast, I'm hoping I can stay awake most of the 24-hours. For the last couple of times, I've fallen asleep in the wee hours of the morning.